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random number en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɹæn.dəm ˈnʌm.bɚ/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see random, number.
2. A number allotted randomly using suitable generator (electronic machine or as simple "generator" as die).
3. A number selected based on a uniform distribution, typically using a suitable generator (for example, rolling a die).
   • To randomize the selection process, a random number from 1 to 50 should be used ... This could be done, for example, by using the last two digits of the serial number on a dollar bill. If those digits were 87, subtract 50, leaving 37. 2009, Larry Rittenberg, Karla Johnstone, Audrey Gramling, Auditing: A Business Risk Approach, Cengage Learning, page 362:
   • 1975, Gregory Chaitin, "Randomness and Mathematical Proof", Scientific American, (232), May 1975, pp. 47–52, reprinted in Information, Randomness & Incompleteness: Papers on Algorithmic Information Theory Tossing a coin is a classical procedure for producing a random number .... Tossing a coin 20 times can produce any one of 2²⁰ ... binary series, and each of them has exactly the same probability.
   • A random number is a precisely defined mathematical concept in which every number should have an equal likeliness of occurrence.... 1998, Stuart Mealing, The Art and Science of Computer Animation, Intellect Books, page 208:
4. A pseudorandom number.
   • The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. 1970, Robert Coveyou (attributed)

Forms

Deriveds

pseudorandom number · random number generator

Translations (26)

ko 난수 (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · uk випадко́ве число́ (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · ru случа́йное число́ (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · fi satunnaisluku (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · id angka acak (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · ja 乱数 (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · ca nombre aleatori (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · he מִסְפָּר אַקְרַאי (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · hu véletlen szám (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · fr nombre aléatoire (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · pt número aleatório (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · es número aleatorio (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · mi tau tupurangi (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · sh slučajni broj (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · sv slumptal (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · is slembitala (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · cs náhodné číslo (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · mi tau matapōkere (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · is hendingartala (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · pl liczba losowa (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · sk náhodné číslo (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · ms nombor rawak (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · de Zufallszahl (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · cmn 隨機數 /随机数 (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · sh случајни број (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator) · cmn 亂數 /乱数 (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator)